Mop-head.



No. 635,2l6. Patented Oct l7, I899.

c M. WILLIAMS.

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(Application flied Jan. 4. 1899.)

(No Model.)

Nrrnn ATENT price.

CHARLES M. IVILLIAMS, OF LOS. ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STARNOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

MOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,216, dated October17, 1899.

Application filed January 4, 1899. Serial No. 701,155. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, CHARLES M. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county ot-Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mop-Heads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class of mop-heads having across-head and a loop having its side members working in guides in thecross-head and actuated by means of alocking-lever pivoted to the handleof the mop. It is of course to be understood that when a cloth ofexcessive thickness is placed in the loop and the lever is actuated todraw the loop against the cross head great strain is placed upon thelever and upon the pivotal fastening whereby it is secured to thehandle.

The particular object of my invention is to provide a hinge-clipwhereby. to secure the locking-lever pivotally to the handle in a simpleand expeditious manner and in such a manner that there will be nopossibility of the clip working loose under any strain which can beplaced upon it through the medium of the locking-lever.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clip locking-leverwhich can be easily stamped from sheet metal with much less labor andexpense than has heretofore been necessary and, as hereinbefore stated,to provide means for its rigid attachment to the handle.

My invention comprises the various features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is a fragmental perspective view of a mop provided with myinvention. In this view the locking-lever is shown in its closedposition. Fig. 2 is a like view showing the locking-lever in itsopenposition. Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the handle and theclip, showing the improved fastening whereby I secure the clip rigidlyto the handle. Fig. 4 is an axial section of a preferred form. Thehandle is indicated in dotted lines.

B is my improved hinge-clip, which is formed of sheet metal and isprovided with a centrally-arranged rearwardly-projecting perforated earB and two side ears I) b, bent downward and each provided with aperforation, the two ears being arranged to embrace between them thehandle A of the mop. A fastening, such as a small nail b", is driventhrough each perforation in the side ears and into the handle, andpreferably a third fastening b is driven through the perforation in thecentral ear and into the handle. By this means I provide three points ofattachment for the hinge-clip, the central fastening strain thereagainstwhen the lever is thrown from its open position into its closedposition.

C is the locking-lever, which is preferably formed of sheet metalstamped into shape. It is hinged at c at its lower end to the hingeclipB and is provided with two perforated ears 0 0, adapted to extend oneach side of the handle when the locking-lever is thrown into its closedposition, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4:, thus to bring the perforationof the ears nearer the axis of the handle than is the axis of the hingec. The lever is curved in cross-section to embrace the handle and iscurved outward at the free end, as at c', to afford a handle by which tothrow it out from the mop-handle to open the loop which holds themop-cloth.

D is the mop-cloth loop, which has its side members cl working inguideways e, which are provided in the ends of the cross-head E,

which is secured upon the end of the handle.

This loop has its side members provided with the ordinary spring-coils dto allow for any inequality in the thickness of the cloth which isgripped between the loop and' the crosshead and has the ends'd of itsside memhers passed through the perforated ears or lugs c c andpivotally secured therein by any suitable means, such as by bending theends over, as shown at d in Fig. 2. The pivots d" of the loop are thusarranged so that when the locking-lever C is in closed position, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4, the pivots will be nearer the axial plane of thehandle than is the hinge 0,

so that the tension of the springs holds thelever in locked position.

In practical operation the parts are secured in the position shown inthe drawings, and when it is desired to place the mop-rag in positionthe locking-lever is thrown downward, as shown in Fig. 2. Then themop-cloth is passed through the loop in the ordinary manner and thelever is thrown upward, the three points of fastening of the hinge-clipsustaining the clip against the upward and rearward thrust of the leveras it is swung into its locking position and absolutely preventing theclip from working'loose. The tension of the springs operating on thelugs c 0 holds the locking-lever firmly closed.

In Fig. 4- the clip B is perforated at the end, as at 5 and thelocking-lever C has a tongue 0 which is passed therethrough and bentaround the bar 2 of the clip to form the hinge.

. Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a mop-head, the combination set forth of the handle; thehinge-clip having perforated ears bent downward to embrace the handlebetween them; the fastenings driven through the perforations in the earsand into the handle; the locking-lever formed of sheet metal hinged atone end to the hinge-clip and provided with downwardly-projectingperforated ears adapted to extend on each side of the handle when thelever is in its closed position; the cross-head secured to the end ofthe handle; and the loop having its side members working in thecross-head and its ends passed through the perforations in the ears ofthe lever and pivotally secured therein.

2. In a mop-head, the combination set forth of the handle; thehinge-clip formed of sheet metal having an ear provided with a centralperforation and provided with two, downwardly-projecting perforated earsarranged to extend on each side of the handle; fastenings driven throughthe perforations in the ears and into the handle; a fastening driventhrough the central perforation into the handle; a locking-lever formedof sheet metal, hinged at one end to the hinge-clip and provided withtwo downwardly-projecting perforated ears adapted to embrace the handlebetween them when the lever is in its locked position; the cross-headsecured to the end of the handle; the loop having its side membersworking through the guides in the crosshead and having its ends passedthrough the perforated ears of the lever and bent to pre vent theirwithdrawal.

CHAS. M. WILLIAMS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES R. TowNsEND, F. M. TOWNSEND.

